Senior DevOps Engineer - AA, Remote: Colombia- Costa Rica, Fulltime

Gorilla Logic is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join a distributed engineering team responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines in AWS. This role requires strong hands-on expertise in GitLab pipelines, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across distributed teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and troubleshoot complex CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, including downstream pipelines and multi-project configurations
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes workloads in AWS EKS, including ALB integrations and Ingress configurations
• Develop, maintain, and manage Helm charts and Helm-based tooling (including Helmfile)
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Terragrunt
• Manage and support AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, VPC, RDS, EKS, ALB, IAM, CloudWatch)
• Enhance and maintain observability solutions, primarily using Datadog (primary tool) and AWS CloudWatch
• Support containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes
• Automate operational processes using Python and Shell scripting
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application issues to ensure reliability and availability
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team across multiple time zones and external partners
• Support microservices-based architectures primarily built in Ruby on Rails, with some JavaScript services

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure
• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI, including downstream pipelines and advanced troubleshooting
• Strong experience with Kubernetes in AWS EKS environments, including ALB and Ingress configuration
• Solid experience with Helm and Helmfile
• Strong experience with Terraform and Terragrunt for infrastructure automation
• 3+ years of experience working with AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, VPC, RDS, EKS, ALB, IAM, CloudWatch)
• Experience with Datadog for monitoring and observability (primary stack), plus CloudWatch
• Proficiency in Python and Shell scripting
• Experience working with Docker and containerized environments
• Experience supporting microservices architectures (Ruby on Rails preferred; JavaScript a plus)
• Experience working in hybrid or evolving technical environments
• Strong adaptability and flexibility when working with diverse or non-standardized technology stacks
• Experience collaborating in highly distributed teams across multiple time zones
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively within Agile environments